Folio (1991-02-22)

Prelude fo a mass rally: Students, led by Suresh Mustapha, have plenty to say about the unfortunate state of

A crowd of about 200 people, the
majority of them students, gathered
in the Quad 14 February to show
their support for the University of
Alberta and higher education in the
province.

The rally began shortly after the
announcement by University admin-
istration of a series of recommenda-
tions that included the closure of
three departments and the down-
sizing of others.

Students’ Union President
Suresh Mustapha’s reading of each
proposed cut was greeted by a round
of boos.

“Tf the cuts don’t hit you this
year, they’ ll hit you next year,” he
warned. “On March 1 we want to
take the largest march on a provin-

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affairs their University finds itself in. They plan to make a bigger statement 1 March.

cial legislature in Canadian history.
We have to show government clearly
that we love our University.”

Graduate Students’ Association
President Stephen Downes said,
“Government won’t care until we
show we care and everyone in the
province cares.”

Anita Moore, President of the
Non-Academic Staff Association,
said the majority of the cutbacks are
going to be in the ranks of support
staff, “the people that look after you
[students].”

The losers are more than the
people who lose their jobs; everyone
who has come to depend on the Uni-
versity’s infrastructure will suffer,
she said, adding, “Education in
Canada is in crisis. We’re a prime
example.”

Dissatisfaction mounts

STUDENTS EAGER TO MARCH TO LEGISLATURE

Gerwin Marahrens (Germanic
Languages) said one of the reasons
the Students’ Union and Graduate
Students’ Association sponsored the
rally was to protest inhumane in-
creases in tuition fees. For 20 years,
the University has received inad-
equate grants, he said. “The non-
confrontational approach seems not
to have worked,” he said, referring
to discussions between administra-
tors and Advanced Education offi-
cials. “Therefore, we must take the
direct route to the public,” he said of
the planned march to the legislature
1 March at | pm.

Professor Marahrens told the
small but enthusiastic turnout, “We
nust teif thé public that education is
not a business. A business can go
bankrupt and be eliminated. Educa-
tion is an ongoing thing.”

The speakers urged people to
convince their friends and col-
leagues to participate in the march.
Sean Kennedy, Vice-President (Ex-
ternal) of the Students’ Union and
the organizer of the event, said he
expected 5,000 students to be at the
legislature.

Following the rally, the crowd
marched to University Hall and
greeted President Davenport with
the question, “Will you lead the
march?” He declined to do so, say-
ing, “I don’t think that’s the way, in
the long run, you want your Presi-
dent to communicate with govern-
ment.” Cancelling classes and tak-
ing part in a march would result in
the public thinking the University
doesn’t have such a big problem
because it can close its doors and
ignore its mission, he said.

Mustapha said, “We’ ll return
here and invite you and members of
the Board of Governors to march. If
you don’t want to walk, we'll even
drive you over.”

22 FEBRUARY 1991

Rolling with
the punches
puts U of A
off balance

Sc the University of Alberta
must chose the path of excellence
and make the difficult decisions
which such a choice implies, Presi-
dent Paul Davenport announced
proposals aimed at restructuring the
institution.

Twelve units are slated to be
either closed or restructured.

If implemented, the proposals
could lower the University’s operat-
ing costs by up to $4.5 million per
year.

The Departments threatened with
closure at the end of this academic
term are Agricultural Engineering,
Applied Sciences in Medicine and
Recreation and Leisure Studies. It’s
also proposed that the Mining Engi-
neering program cease functioning.

In all cases involving the closure
of degree programs, provision is
made for students currently regis-
tered to complete the degree within a
reasonable time.

Last year, the University was
forced to impose a two percent
across-the-board budget cut, an ac-
tion that sliced $5 million from the
operating expenditures. “Those cuts
damaged the quality of teaching and
research at our institution, and led
many in our community to ask the
central administration to adopt a
more selective approach to Univer-
sity budgeting. The Vice-Presidents
and I have tried to respond to that
request in the set of proposals we are
releasing today [14 February],” the
President told a news conference.

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SIDE

© University suffers loss of three people,
including former President Max Wyman

© Linguistics professor, with support of AGT,
researching speech recognition

© New variety of wheat coming on the market

© Fort MacKay Band rebounds from adversity

Max Wyman, 1916 - 1991

M.. Wyman, the first native

Albertan and the first graduate of the

University of Alberta to become
President of the U of A, died 9 Feb-
ruary.

Appointed the University’s sev-
enth President in 1969, Dr Wyman
had already established his reputa-
tion as a mathematician, a teacher
and an administrator.

A theoretical mathematician
interested in the applications of

mathematics to the theory of relativ-

ity, Dr Wyman was elected Fellow
of the Royal Society of Canada in
1951, the youngest person ever to
receive the honour.

As Vice-President (Academic)
during the turbulent ’60s when stu-
dents were demanding more repre-
sentation in university affairs, Dr

Wyman urged that dissent should be
listened to because “this lonely voice

may become the majority voice of
the future.” He was active in the
debate that succeeded in obtaining
greater student representation on
General Faculties Council, and
called the discussion “the real high-
light of my office for me.” Known
for his quiet humanity and his will-
ingness to listen, Dr Wyman said at
his last Convocation in 1974 that
“the conflict between universities
and governments ... will never be

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Max Wyman was President of the
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resolved until each side makes an

honest effort to listen and to under-
stand what the other side is saying.”

DR WYMAN WAS
KNOWN FOR HIS

QUIET HUMANITY AND

HIS WILLINGNESS
TO LISTEN

After his five-year term as

President, Dr Wyman became the
first Chair of the Alberta Human
Rights Commission (1974). He
was a member of the Kirby Com-

serving employees, I know of a —

-nonacademic staff member who

has worked for the University for
24 years. He has just received -
notice of termination. The Uni- —
versity will not have to buy a
plaque for him next year.
If, instead of a plaque, we
had simply received something
on paper, or a ribbon, how much
money would have been saved?
How many months’ salary for

terminated employees do these _

plaques represent? At the same

_ ceremony we were treated to
__ wine. But no juice was available.
_ Would we have saved a little

Budget pr oposals Continued from page |

sions by university boards of gover-
nors which involve significant re-
ductions in student numbers.)

It is known that the Vice-Presi-
dent (Academic) intends to remove
18 vacancies from nine Faculties and
to transfer them to the Faculties of
Arts, Science and Pharmacy and

He described the recommenda-
tions as “‘illustrative, not definitive,”
and said, “We wouldn’t propose the
closure of a unit if it wasn’t in the
best interests of the University.
These cuts are substantial and
they’re painful.”

Asked about contractual agree-

mission of Inquiry studying the
justice system of Alberta’s lower
courts and wrote supplementary
comments to the commission’s
report. He was also a member of
the National Research Council of
Canada and the Federal Electoral

Boundaries Commission for the
Province of Alberta.
His academic affiliations in-

ments, President Davenport said he
was a firm supporter of tenure and
did not intend to break it as part of

Pharmaceutical Sciences.

U of A Board of Governors

Chairman Stan Milner said he

the proposed cutbacks. “We can’t
give you a count on job loss now,”
he replied when questioned about
the number of support staff and
nontenured faculty that might be
lost. It was later speculated that as
many as 200 support staff could lose
their positions if the proposals are
approved by the Board of Gover-
nors and, in certain cases, the Minis-
ter of Advanced Education. (The
Minister is required to review deci-

wasn’t prepared to comment until
the proposals are discussed by the
Board. He indicated, however, that
the Board “generally supports what’s
in the document.”

“We announced last fall that our
approach to budgetary changes
would be an open one,” President
Davenport said. “There will be am-
ple opportunity for those who don’t
agree with us to express their
views.”

cluded membership in the New
York Academy of Sciences, the
Canadian and American Math-
ematical Society, and the American
Institute of Physics.

In recognition of his wide inter-
ests in law, philosophy, civil rights
and education, as well as his own
field of mathematics, he was ap-
pointed University Professor in
1974. In 1982 the University made
him an honourary Doctor of Laws.

Max Wyman was born in
Lethbridge in 1916. He graduated
from the University of Alberta in
1937 and earned his PhD magna
cum laude from the California In-
stitute of Technology only three
years later. He joined the staff of
the University of Alberta in 1943,
became Head of the Department of
Mathematics in 1961, and in 1963
was appointed Dean of Science.

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Stan Milner, Paul Davenport and Peter Meekison (left to right) convey grim news.

University education needed

now more than ever
CANADIANS POLLED SAY FEDERAL FUNDING SHOULD RISE

AUCC, which represents 89
universities and university colleges
across the country, has recom-
mended to the Minister of Finance
that:

e the federal government develop
a clear definition of its own role

AS poll shows that the great
majority of Canadians consider
university education to be important
to this country’s economic competi-
tiveness and social development.

According to a survey under-
taken by the Angus Reid Group on
behalf of the Association of Univer-
sities and Colleges of Canada
(AUCC), not only are most Canadi-
ans of the opinion that the federal
government should continue to fund
university education, a majority
believe that the federal contribution
should increase.

development. An additional 26 per-
cent of those polled felt that univer-
sity education is “somewhat impor-
tant” to achieve these objectives.

Of Canadians polled, 93 percent
agree that, in order to contribute to
Canada’s economic competitiveness
and social development, the federal in supporting postsecondary
government should continue to pro- education;
vide funds to support university edu- ° pending a reform of the Estab-
cation. Fifty-nine percent believe an lished Programs Financing (EPF)
increase in federal payments to the arrangements under which pay-
cost of university education is war- ments are made to the provinces
ranted; 33 percent said the amount of _ for postsecondary education,
funding should stay the same. these payments stay at the level
they were before cutbacks an-
nounced in the last budget;
funding for university research
be doubled over three years;
student aid be reformed, so rising
tuition and other costs do not bar
any bright young Canadian from
the ranks of the highly-qualified
innovators and managers the
country needs in the era of
globalization;

“YET,” SAYS AUCC PRESIDENT CLAUDE
LAJEUNESSE, “FEDERAL ACTION IN THE AREA OF
FUNDING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION HAS BEEN IN

DIRECT CONTRAST TO THE OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE CANADIAN PUBLIC.”

_ Another finding was that a ma-
jority of Canadians in all regions
feel the federal government should
develop a national strategy for uni-
versity education.

Seven out of every 10 (69 per-
cent) of the Canadians surveyed
between 16 and 21 January 1991
think that university education is
“very important” to Canada’s eco-
nomic competitiveness and social

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“Yet,” says AUCC President
Claude Lajeunesse, “federal action
in the area of funding university
education has been in direct con-
trast to the overwhelming support
given by the Canadian public.”

Eighty-eight percent of Canadi-
ans surveyed said it is “very impor-
tant” that the federal government
develop a strategy for university
education.

the government actively encour-
age the internationalization of
Canadian universities, to in-
crease their capacity to educate
Canadians to operate effectively
in an increasingly complex inter-
national environment.

John hala and his wife, Manjari, set up shop in Assiniboia Hall.

AGT funds visiting professor-
ship in Linguistics Department

Wis the burgeoning demand for
new technologies, an increasingly
important goal for telecommunica-
tion companies is to develop better
machines for simulating and re-
sponding to human speech. In par-
ticular, speech recognition will be of
strategic importance in the next
wave of speech technology, and
AGT has funded a two-year visiting
professorship in the Department of
Linguistics in order to enhance the
company’s progress in that area.
The new AGT Visiting Profes-
sor of Linguistics is John Ohala,
Professor of Linguistics at the Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley, and
an expert in phonetics and phonol-
ogy. Professor Ohala’s research will
include a joint project with AGT, to
look at the acoustic and perceptual

properties of emphatic speech, that
is, speech intended to correct a lis-
tener’s misunderstanding.

In addition, he will be serving as
consultant to other AGT researchers
and, by teaching graduate courses at
the University of Alberta, extending
the expertise of potential future em-
ployees. “So there are a number of
benefits to AGT in this arrange-
ment,” says Vera Sanger, Research
and Development Program Manager
for AGT.

Professor Ohala’s on-campus
colleagues naturally also find the
arrangement beneficial. “John is a
high profile phonetician from UC
Berkeley,” says John Hogan, Acting
Chair of Linguistics. In addition to
Professor Ohala’s research contribu-
tions and his work with graduate
students, “Having him here will

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increase the international visibility
of the department and the Univer-
sity,” Dr Hogan says.

Professor Ohala is equally en-
thusiastic about the opportunity,
noting that AGT is quite progressive
in comparison to other companies he
has dealt with. He says their interest
in speech recognition is economi-
cally understandable, “but I also
appreciate their enthusiasm and their
interest in learning about speech.”

He also appreciates the opportu-
nity to work with the world-class
phonetic and phonological research-
ers on staff at the University of
Alberta, and with scholars specializ-
ing in the phonological history of
languages. “There are very good
people here. This is great for some-
one like me.”

Professor Ohala will be here
through December 1992.

Brendan Gail Rule, 1937-1991

Bee Gail Rule, professor of
psychology and Director of the
Centre for Gerontology at the Uni-
versity of Alberta, died on 8 Febru-
ary, aged 53.

Dr Rule’s achievements in
teaching, research and in public and
professional areas were impressive.
She was a prime mover in the estab-
lishment of the Centre for Gerontol-
ogy to provide a focus for the study
of the psychological processes asso-
ciated with aging. Described as a
“bridge builder”, Dr Rule was noted
for her ability to connect new per-
spectives to established problems
and for her generous assistance and
encouragement to colleagues and
students alike. Her very major con-
tributions in her area of research
were recognized last year when she
was awarded the University of Al-
berta’s highest research honour: the
J Gordin Kaplan Award for Excel-
lence in Research.

The Government of Alberta also
recognized Dr Rule’s eminence in
her field in appointing her in 1990
for a three-year term as the prov-

ince’s university representative to
the Seniors Advisory Council for
Alberta.

At the time of her death, Dr Rule
was the principal investigator or
associate investigator on grants to-
talling more than $1 million from
seven provincial and national agen-
cies.

Dr Rule published one book and
more than 100 refereed publications
and conference papers or abstracts
as well as many invited addresses to
universities and research institutes
around the world.

A natural extension of Dr Rule’s
research was her extraordinary in-
volvement in graduate student su-
pervision: she supervised more than
30 honors, 26 master’s, and 25 doc-
toral theses. A significant number of
her PhD students have achieved
notable academic and research posi-
tions throughout the world.

Dr Rule was on the editorial
board of six major international
journals and was the associate editor
and then editor of the two key jour-

nals in her field of research. She was
a member of the board of directors of
the Canadian Psychological Associa-
tion and the Social Sciences Federa-
tion where she was a key figure in
the establishment of research strat-
egy and directions.

Brendan Gail Rule was born in
Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. She
received her BA in 1959 from the
University of California at Riverside,
two years later her MA from the
University of California, Santa
Barbara, and only one year later her
PhD from the University of Wash-
ington. She joined the University of
Alberta in 1962 and was promoted
professor in 1972.

Eugene Lechelt, Chair of the
Department of Psychology, de-
scribed Dr Rule as “an exemplary
scholar and University citizen whose
contributions extended far beyond
the confines of the University of
Alberta or the discipline of psychol-
ogy. Her dedication, humanity, and
sense of social responsibility will be
sorely missed.”

gs -“ Bamber, MILI. for igure fo

Mm CURRENTS

GENERAL FACULTIES COUNCIL
GFC’s next meeting is scheduled for Monday, 25 Febbatry, at 2 pm
in the University Hall Council Chamber.
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Minutes of 25 January 1991
3. Oral Report from the President
4. Question Period
5. New Members of GFC 1991-92

REPORTS
6. Executive Committee Reports

6.1 Summary of Executive Committee Minutes of 4 February 1991
7. Report of the Board of Governors of | February 1991

DEFERRED FROM 26 NOVEMBER 1990 AND 28 JANUARY 1991

9. GFC Committee on Admissions and — (CAT):

1989-90 Annual Report

10. Waiver of Advertising: Report from the Vice-President (Avadiéenie)
11. General Appeals Committee (GAC): 1989-90 Annual Report

DEFERRED FROM 28 JANUARY 1991 :

12. Discipline Cases: 1989-90 Annual Report to GFC on Number and
Disposition of Cases 2
13. University Response to a Student Death: Recommendation from the
Council on Student Life (COSL)

14. Quota Reports on 1) 1990-91 Admissions to Quota Programs ant 2
Senate Lay Observers Report on 1990 Admission to Quota Program

15. GFC Conference Funds Committee (CFC): Annual Report 1989-90
16. GFC Facilities Development Committee (FDC):

1990 Annual Report

17. Council on Student Tale (COSL): Proposed Changes in

Composition

18. Citizenship Restrictions on Student Awards: Response to GFC
Request for Information :

19. Reapportionment of Staff = Student Seats on GFC

NEW BUSINESS

20. Code of Student Behavior: iohbeal from the GFC Caines Law

Review Committee (CLRC) Concerning Student Group Registration
and Discipline Procedures —

21. Code of Student Behavior: Proposal from the GFC Campus Law
Review Committee (CLRC) Concerning 1) the Responsibility of In-
structors/Deans in Academic Offence Situations and 2) Penalties for
Academic Offences

22. Code of Student Behavior: Proposal from the GFC Campus

Law Review Committee (CLRC) Concerning Sued inns

_ of Degrees
23. Lister Residence Community Standards (LRCS): Recommendation

from the GFC Campus Law Review Committee (CLRC)
24, University Research Policy Committee (URPC):

1990 Annual Report

25. Council on Student Life (COSL): 1990 Annual Report
26. Other Business

FORUM ON WOMEN AND PEACE

A forum on women and peace has been scheduled for 10 March,
12:30.to 5:30 pm, in 2-115 Education North. The forum, which will
include workshops and speakers, is sponsored by the Women’s Studies
Program, Women’s Program and Resource Centre and Women’s Re-
search Centre.

For more information, call Janice Williamson, 434-7792/492-2180,
or Diana Chown, 433-1525.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - TRAINING SESSION
Topic: “Maximizing Energy, Minimizing Stress.” Date and time:
19 April, 9 am to 4 pm. Location: Banquet Room, Lister Hall. Work-
shop leader: Vivian Quiring, BSc, consultant and seminar leader,
Vivian Quiring and Associates, Toronto. Fee: $75 (includes materials,
luncheon and refreshments). Those eligible may also claim registration
fee from Professional Expense Allowance, Central Professional Devel-
opment Fund or Human Resource Development Fund. (CPDF and
HRDF may be charged to 1991-92.) Registration deadline: 27 shane
) :

UOFA FOLIO 34 22 FEBRUARY 1991

Instructional Fair 91

The Faculty of Education and the
Office of the Committee for the Im-
provement of Teaching and Learn-
ing (CITL) are sponsoring the sec-
ond Instructional Fair to demonstrate
some of the ways in which commu-
nications and information technolo-
gies are being used in teaching and
learning in University courses.

The Fair will be held 12 and
13 March from | to 4 pm in 2-111
Education North. Fairgoers will see
instructional solutions developed for
distance learning and on-campus
courses. Innovative ways of using
technology in lectures, small group
work, simulations, and individual
study will also be featured. The

SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR

hardware used will include comput-
ers, videotape and videodisc, with a
variety of software.

Instructors will be able to select
those techniques they find most in-
teresting and to talk with the instruc-
tors and developers who conceived
and developed them. The same se-
lection of projects will be offered
each afternoon so interested faculty
members and instructors can pick
the afternoon that is most convenient
for them.

The Faculty of Education and
CITL extend a cordial invitation
to all University instructors and their
counterparts at other educational
institutions to visit the Instructional
Fair.

VICE-PRESIDENT (ACADEMIC)

Dr Peter Meekison is resigning from his position as Vice-President
(Academic) effective 31 August 1991 at the earliest, or 31 December
1991 at the latest. The President is therefore striking a Search Commit-

tee.

The composition of the Search Committee for Vice-President (Aca-
demic) includes three members of the full-time and continuing part-time
faculty who do not hold administrative positions and who are not on
leave. Nominations for these positions are now being sought.

Written nominations supported by the signatures of five members of
the full-time and continuing part-time academic staff (not including the
nominee) may be submitted to the Director of the University Secretariat,
Ellen Schoeck, 2-5 University Hall. Nominations must be received by 15
March 1991, 4:30 pm. Nominees must agree to stand for election to the
Search Committee. GFC regulations require that nominees may not be
holders of administrative positions, such as Dean or Department Chair,
since administrators are already represented on the Search Committee.
The full composition of the Search Committee for Vice-President (Aca-
demic), together with nomination and election procedures, are contained
in Section 102 of the GFC Policy Manual. Individuals who have ques-
tions about eligibility to serve or to nominate, are asked to call Ellen

Schoeck at 492-5430.

Warming trend
approaching

The news from Tom Nelson and
Tore Langnes is best taken sitting
down.

Dr Nelson (Psychology) and Dr
Langnes, a leading Norwegian heat-
ing specialist, have developed a
compact heating unit that the indi-
vidual can position underneath their
desk and adjust as they see fit.

In a whirlwind call on Bob
Busch, Associate Vice-President
(Research), last week, Drs Nelson
and Langnes said the unit delivers a
small amount of heat directly to
where the individual wants it. “Few
are ever comfortable with the tem-
perature when someone else sets it,”
Dr Nelson pointed out. The product,
which evolved from basic research
that he conducted in a climatic
chamber here at the University, pro-
vides local heating perfectly suited
to the person at the desk. Drs Nelson
and Langnes cited two other advan-
tages: savings (about 18 percent
comes off the heating bill if the
building temperature is lowered 3.5
degrees, Dr Nelson figures) and
increased productivity (people tend
to produce more and not get as tired

* when the temperature is lower, he

said).

The concept is one of warm feet,
cool head.

Joyce Tartar (Intellectual Prop-
erty and Contracts) has used one of
the heaters for a few months (they’re

“FEW ARE EVER
COMFORTABLE WITH
THE TEMPERATURE
WHEN SOMEONE
ELSE SETS IT”

in limited use in the province) and
finds it “an absolutely marvellous
gadget.” Heat can be directed to the
chair and desk and there are no tiffs
with colleagues about temperature
control, she said.

The unit could possibly be used
in the home, especially in a study,
Dr Nelson said. He also feels
there’s a big market in semi-tropi-
cal countries because offices don’t
have heating systems per se and
there are times during the year
when temperatures take a turn for
the worse.

U OFA FOLIO 4 2E FEBRUARY 1991

The Norwegian Research Coun-
cil and the Norwegian firm Telco
have put up $200,000 for initial
production of the heating unit and a
marketing system involving NOBO,
one of the biggest producers of elec-
trical heaters in Europe, is in place.
Drs Nelson and Langnes are now
knocking on doors to gauge the in-
terest at the University and else-
where. Dr Langnes said, ““There’s a

Ross Chambers:

Distinguished
Visiting
Professor

R.. Chambers, a literary critic
and theorist, will be a Distinguished
Visiting Professor at the University
of Alberta (Department of English)
from 23 February to 10 March.

_ Professor Chambers is Marvin
Felheim Distinguished University
Professor of French and Compara-
tive Literature at the University of
Michigan. He has written a number
of books, the most recent being Nar-
rative in Opposition. It is a sequel to
Story and Situation, of which one
scholar at this University said: “It
has created a near sensation among
students of narrative and has opened
up a new avenue in the field.”

While on campus, Professor
Chambers will arrange appointments
with those who request them. He
will also discuss his work-in-
progress, Fables of the Go-Between.
His lectures, which are noted in the
“Events” column in this issue, are
open to the public and the Univer-
sity community. They will take
place in 5-20 Humanities Centre.

Professor Chambers is a Fellow
of the Australian Academy of the
Humanities, Officer de 1’ Ordre des
Palmes Académiques (France), a
member of the advisory board of
PMLA and has written in French and
English on literature in those lan-
guages.

huge North American market.
There’s good support from the

’ University but we need external

funding.”

SINTEF, a Norwegian research
organization that is somewhat like
the Alberta Research Council, will
soon certify what energy savings the
unit can bring about, Dr Langnes
said.

Keith Briggs: Cutler it is.

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developed here
CUTLER WHEAT WILL BE EARLIEST-MATURING

WHEAT IN CANADA

Tees transfer sometimes
involves a real growth industry. A
new variety of wheat developed at
the University of Alberta has been
officially registered by Agriculture
Canada, Food Production and In-
spection Branch, and now can be
released for commercial distribution
to farmers.

The new variety was developed

‘by plant breeder Keith Briggs, Pro-

fessor and Chair of the Department
of Plant Science. It was named Cut-
ler in honour of the department’ s
first chairperson.

Cutler wheat, which will be the
earliest-maturing wheat in Canada,
is especially well suited for the wet-
ter parts of western Canada. Dr
Briggs says, “This variety is for the
farmer who is worried about the bad
weather in the fall and is concerned
about getting the crop off.”

Dr Briggs notes that Cutler also
appears to have a high tolerance to
soluble aluminum, which can be
toxic to plants and is prevalent in
much of the soil and subsoil in
northern Alberta.

Photo Services

Tom Nelson (centre) and Tore
Langnes convince Bob Busch
(left) that in their two kg
heating device, they're on to

something big.

Nearly 10 years of research went
into breeding the new variety, and
several more went into testing it in
cooperative field trials across the
region. Now that it has been ap-
proved and registered, additional
pedigreed seed will be grown for
commercial sale, and Cutler will
become widely available to farmers
in 1993.

Marketing rights for that sale
and distribution have been awarded,
through public tender, to United
Grain Growers Ltd. Royalties on the
sale of pedigreed seed will revert to
the University to fund continued
research.

The registration is an important
marker in Dr Briggs’s research pro-
gram, which has focused on high
plant yield combined with early
maturity. “We’ ve been looking for
this for years. Now that we have it,
we have a huge agenda of research
that we can build on.... As a bench
mark, when you’re a breeder, the
variety is everything.”

Adjusting to the
down side of progress

FORT MACKAY BAND DOING SO ON ITS OWN TERMS

L, her quiet, strong voice, Chief
Dorothy McDonald of the Fort
MacKay Indian Band talked about
how the tar sands plants near Fort
McMurray had drastically disrupted
and nearly destroyed her community.

“We had been living off the land
... just living peacefully, being
healthy.” When construction started,
no one came to the community to
prepare people for the changes, she
said.

Chief McDonald spoke on “In-
dustrial Development and its Effect
on Native People” in the Contempo-
rary Cultural Issues session 7 Febru-
ary, sponsored by the Vice-President
(Academic), Dean of Arts, English,
Women’s Studies, and Native Stu-
dent Services. Ultimately, she reas-
sured her audience, the community
took steps to save itself.

NATIVE PEOPLE CONSIDER
THEMSELVES PART OF THE
LAND, CHIEF MCDONALD
ASSERTED. “SO WHEN
YOU ARE DESTROYING
THE LAND, YOU ARE
DESTROYING US.”

Construction on the first oil
sands development began in 1961
and brought economic boom to the
area. Jobs, money, a road to the com-
munity. “The impact was devasting,”
Chief McDonald recalled. “We

didn’t know how to handle it. We
were losing our way of life, living
off the land and going to work. We
were totally confused because we
were living in two different worlds.”

When Suncor began operation,
the river became polluted, she said.
Elders and babies became ill first.
“We brought our water to Edmonton
to be tested and they made us boil
the water ... up to half an hour. But
no one told us you couldn’ t boil
heavy metals and chemicals out of
water,” she reported. Even rainwater
left an oily film and stank, she
added.

Fish and game were contami-
nated and could no longer be eaten.
The situation grew worse as people
didn’t know how to handle the
changes. “It was really hard to
watch the people drink. Families
were breaking up, there were a lot of
suicides,” Chief McDonald said.
“The money didn’t do any good for
our people.” The impact of develop-
ment was all negative until the com-
munity said it was being overrun.

First it was Suncor and Syn-
crude, then logging trucks started
coming through the community,
Chief McDonald continued. But
there were no contracts or jobs with
this latest assault and so the Band
put up a roadblock. “People had just
had enough,” she said.

Finally, in 1982, because of the
roadblock, the government began to
listen, she said. The Band, which
refused to relocate despite pollution,
got the water and sewage treatment
plants, better housing, a community

‘A European Germany, not a
German Europe’

) See German journalist
Carl Weiss discussed the European
Community (EC) in a lecture 11
February, hosted by the Centre for
International Busisness Studies, in
cooperation with the Consulate
General of the Federal Republic of
Germany.

In his talk, “A European Ger-
many, not a German Europe,”
Weiss addressed initial concerns of

_ some EC members about German

unification. A unified Germany,
with 78 million people, changed the
symmetry and balance among EC
members, he said. Some countries
feared “that Germany would turn
more to the east and would neglect
the European partners, or become
Europe’s ‘bully-boy,’ or become so
absorbed by its internal problems”
that it would ignore EC develop-
ments, he explained.

“These mistrusts were laid to
rest,’ Weiss stated. “The last year
has shown that Germany not only
does not permit neglect of its EC
engagement, but works with in-
creased fervor in the development of
the Community.” He said Germany
has not asked for increased shares in

EC institutions or agencies, or for
more votes, subsidy privileges, jobs
or benefits because of its increased
size. And it hasn’t initiated ventures
with newly emerging eastern bloc
countries at the expense of its EC
commitments.

“THE EC 1S NOT THE UNITED

STATES OF EUROPE. THIS IS
MERELY THE FACILITATED
COMMON MARKET OF 12
COUNTRIES OUT OF
PERHAPS 20 OR MORE

FUTURE MEMBERS...”

Weiss described the progress
of the EC. “The European Com-
munity seems to be in disarray, but
has it ever been in ‘array?’” he
pondered. In the 1980s, after frus-
trating difficulties with the steel
industry, nuclear energy industry
and agricultural policies, politi-
cians expressed a new will to pro-
ceed, he said. “There was a grow-

ing anxiety that the old European
states might fall behind in the fields
of high tech and other innovations if
each of them tried to develop alone,”
he added. The turning point came in
1986 with “a series of far-reaching
agreements for the creation of a
common domestic market to begin
in 1993,” said Weiss. Goods, capital,
services and workers may be freely
exchanged at “approximately equal
conditions,” he explained. The EC
resolved to “harmonize” and
deregulate as much as possible.

Government administration,
taxation systems, education and cul-
ture are not included, Weiss said.
And it has proven almost impossible
to standardize wage levels, pensions,
and other aspects of social policy, he
added. “Social mobility may not be
as dramatic as predicted,” he said,
citing language and living condition
differences. And, he emphasized,
armed forces and defence policy
remain national, although in the long
run, a unified stand may be desir-
able.

UOFA FOLIO ap 22 FEBRUARY 1991

hall and office space it needed. The
Fort Mackay Interface Committee
was set up with the provincial Depart-
ments of Forestry, Environment and
Social Services; government money
helped set up Band companies and
both Syncrude and Suncor signed
contracts with them for jobs. Today,
air quality has improved, noted Chief
McDonald, but she added, “There is
no effort to clean the water. Syncrude
is dumping its sewage into the river.”

To deal with the social impact of
development, the Band now has an
AADAC program, a social worker
and an employment and training coor-
dinator. And it is trying to bring tradi-
tional culture back to its people.

The Fort MacKay Band lives on
provincial land. It moved from re-
serve land in 1952 when the govern-
ment put its school across the Atha-
basca River and said Band children
had to attend, Chief McDonald ex-
plained. “We have no say [regarding
development] because we don’t live
on a reserve,” she said. Now the Band
is working to get the side of the river
it wants designated as a reserve so the
community can have water rights.

Native people consider them-
selves part of the land, Chief
McDonald asserted. “So when you
are destroying the land, you are de-
stroying us.” But until the Fort
MacKay Band lives on reserve land,
“it’s like your son or daughter’s being
abused but you’re helpless because
your hands are tied and you have no
right to say anything or do anything,”
she concluded.

“The EC is not the United States
of Europe,” stressed Weiss. “This is
merely the facilitated common mar-
ket of 12 countries out of perhaps 20
or more future members in Europe.”

A surprising area of success has
been ecology, Weiss noted. “A
mountain of new regulations for the
protection of the environment is be-
ing created in concert.”

The EC will expand after 1992,
said Weiss. Countries want to join
because “the EC is an economic suc-
cess and promises stability” and it is
“about to become the world’s biggest
consumer market,” he said. Weiss
thinks economic and monetary union
will become a reality, despite the loss
of sovereignty regarding budgetary
and fiscal policy. And indications
from recent meetings show EC mem-
bers more ready than before to con-
sider political as well as economic
union, he said. At this point, though,
there is, understandably, more talk
about institutional balance than joint
policies because of “historical differ-
ences” among EC members. But that
may change, he suggested. “We want
to have this Community,” he stressed
in conclusion.

TALKS

LAW

23 February, 9:30 am

Saturday Morning at the Law
School—“Buying a Home.” Informa-
tion: 492-3115. Law Centre.

COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

25 February, 3:30 pm

Alexander J Matejko, “East
European Learning Experiences: A
Personal Account.” TBW-2 Tory
Breezeway.

26 March, 3:30 pm

CIM Stuart, “How to Be a
Student.” 235 CAB.

27 February, noon

Leslie Aitken, “Books for the
Desert Island: Howto Selecta
Textbook That Will Both Instruct and
Enchant.” TBW-2 Tory PENNY

27 February, 3 pm

John Shaw, “Field Trips—-Who
Was Supposed to Book the Bus?”
TBW-2 Tory Breezeway.

28 February, 3:30 pm

Jim E Simpson, Edmonton Public
Schools, “The Good Art of eniec: .
235 CAB.

5 March, 2 pm

Blair Bunkley, Integrated Neuro
Systems Inc, “The Language of the
Mind.” TBW-2 Tory Bie ays

5 March, 3 pm

Eugene C Lechelt, “Peaching and
Hopefully, Learning in Large Under-
graduate Courses.” 235 CAB. :

7 March, 12:30pm _

Bruce Caldwell and Doug Weir,
“Teaching Students From Another
Culture.” 172 HUB International.

7 March, 3 pm

Paula A Brook andLinda
LaRocque, “Where Are You on the —
Faculty Development Scale?” 235 CAB.

ACCOUNTING

25 February, 3:30 pm

Philip Brown, KPMG Peat
Marwick Professor of Accounting, —
University of Western Australia,
“Asset Revaluations and Managerial
Incentives.” Stollery Centre, Business
Building.

26 February, 6 pm

Philip Brown, “Market Microstric-
ture and its Implications for Capital
Markets Research Design.” Stollery
Centre, Business Building.

CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL ISSUES

25 February, 4 pm

Lorraine Weir, Department of
English, University of British Colum-
bia, ‘On Lies, Secrets, and Silence’:
Adrienne Rich Revisited.” L-3 Human-
ities Centre.

11 March, 4 pm

Richard Dellamora, Department of
English, Trent University, “The
Political Unconscious of Postmodern-
ism.” L-3 Humanities Centre.

PHARMACOLOGY AND
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH GROUP

25 February, 4 pm

Alan RP Paterson, “Nucleoside
Permeation: An Update.” 207 Heritage
Medical Research Centre.

4 March, 4 pm

Robert Malenka, Department of ©
Psychiatry, University of California,
San Francisco, “Postsynaptic Mecha-
nisms Underlying the Induction of —

: Long-Term depshieiaen : Z wm bgee

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE.

26 February, 12:30 pm

Smita Swarup, “Bargaining and
Dependency: The State and Trans-
national Oil Companies in Indonesia.”
172 HUB International.

27 February, noon

Darren Headley, “The Four Worlds
Development Project: Health Promo-
tion and Sustainable Economic Devel-
opment in Native Communities.”
172 HUB International.

5 March, 12:30 pm

Kathryn Olson, project coordinator,
Edmonton Food Policy Council,
“Poverty’s Female Face.” 172 HUB
International.

6 March, noon

Luul Isaac, Eritrean Relief Assoc-
iation, “Women in Eritrea.” 172 HUB
interetional,

HUMAN ECOLOGY: ISSUES IN
THE NORTH
26 February, 3:30 pin
B Larke, “Delivering Complex

Health Messages to Northern People.”

207A Law Centre.

5 March, 3:30pm

C Hobart, “Impact of Industry on
Northern Families.” 207A Law Centre.

ECONOMICS —
_ 26 February, 3:30 pm
Martin Browning, McMaster
University, “Consumption Over the —
Business Cycle and Over the Life -
Cre 8-22 Poty Building

ANTHROPOLOGY —
26 February, 3:30 om
_HT Lewis, “Rediscovering the

Origins of Agriculture in South

Australia.” 14-6 Tory nes

me
_ 26 February, 3:30 on
Ross Chambers, Departments of
Romance Languages ; and Comparative
Literature, University of Michigan,

_ “Fables of the Go-Between (on Med-
_ jation), Part - Scapegoating the Media-

tor (La Fontaine, “The Eagle, the Sow.
and the Mother — . > 20 oa
ties Centre.

ae Febuary: 4pm

Ross Chambers, “Fables of the Go-
Between (on Mediation), Part Il: _
Controlling Agency (Le Carré, The Spy
Who Came In From the oe ” 5-20
Humanities Centre. _

28 February, 3-30 pm

Ross Chambers, “Meddling in
Marriage (on Seduction), Part I:
Reforming the Meddler (Austen,
Emma).” 5-20 Humanities Centre.

1 March, 4 pm :

Ross Chambers, “Meddling i in
Marriage (on Seduction), Part II:
Expelling the Meddler (Balzac, Mod-
este Mignon).” 5-20 Humanities
Centre.

4 March, 4 pm

Ross Chambers, “Parasites at Work
(on Agency), Part I: The Flaneur as
Hero (Baudelaire).” 5-20 Humanities
Centre. :

5 March, 3:30 pm

Ross Chambers, “Parasites at
Work (on Agency), Part Il: The Flower
Beneath the Foot (Hollinghurst, The
Swimming Pool Library).” 5-20
Humanities Centre.

6 March, 4 pm

Ross Chambers, “The Minaret and
the Oven (on Appropriation), Part I:
The Muezzin’s Voice (Chraibi, Zhe
Mother of Spring), Theses on Appro-
priation.” 5-20 Humanities Centre.

7 March, 3:30 pm

Ross Chambers, “Phe Minaret and -

the Oven (on Appropriation), Part I:
Trouble in the Kitchen (Jolley, The
Sugar Mother). : 5- 20 Humanities :

UOFA FOLIO ae

Metabolism i in | Altricial and
Health Sciences Centre. -

story

"Institute of History of the USSR

Russian Medieval Social Upheavals.”
_ TWB-2 Tory Building. /

GEOGRAPHY

_ Atmosphere.” 3-36 Tory Building.

_ PHARMACY

26 February, 3:30pm

JR Dimmock, College of Phar-
macy, University of Saskatchewan,
“Cytotoxicity of Various Mannich
Bases of Conjugated Styryl Ketones
Towards Cancerous Tissue.” 2031
Dentistry-Pharmacy Centre.

ALBERTA HERITAGE FOUNDATION
FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

26 February, 4 pin

David L Paul, assistant professor,
Department of Anatomy and Cellular
Biology, Harvard Medical School, “Can
We Talk? Functional Diversity Among
Connexins, the Family of Gap Junction
Proteins.” Presented by Anatomy and
Cell Biology. 5-10 Medical Sciences
Building.
5 March, 4 pm

Lisa McKerracher, assistant
professor, Department of Neurology
and Neurosurgery, McGill University,
“The Retinal Ganglion Cell Cyto-
skeleton After Axonal Injury.” Pre-
sented by Anatomy and Cell Biology. —
5-10 Medical Sciences Building.

"ANIMAL SCIENCE AND NUTRITION AND
_ METABOLISM RESEARCH GROUP

27 February, 11 am :
Leslie E Hart, assistant professor, —

_ Department of Animal Science, Univer-

sity of British Columbia, “Mineral

Avian Embryos.” 254.02 ogee)

27 February, noon
_ José Curto, “Sources: for ae Pies

Colonial Population History of Angola, -
_ Synthesis of Carbohydrates.” < E342— :

1773-1 845.

” 2-58 Tory Building.

ae Sakharov, View Dien

Academic of Sciences, Moscow
“Soviet Totalitarianism as. We Geet It”
TBW-2 Tory Building. :
1] March, 2 pm :
AN Sakharov, “Current Stage of
the Soviet Historical Science.” ~ ans
Building. .
14 March, ll am
AN Sakharov, “Specific Features of

27 February, 3 pm . :

Michael Novak, Department of Soil
Science, University of British Colum- _
bia, “Understanding Energy and Mass
Exchanges Between the Soil and the

1 March, 3 pm

Ray Fortune, director, Alberta
Telecommunications Research Centre, —
“The Process of High Technology
Business Development: How Ideas Get
to Market.” 3-36 Tory Building.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND
SPORT STUDIES

27 February, 4 pm

RD Steadward, “Sport Science and
Training: Implications for the Disa-
bled.” E-120 Van Vliet Centre.

CIVIL ENGINEERING

28 February, 3:30 pm

G Milne, “Mixing and Decay of
Chlorinated Water Treatment Plant
Discharges in the North Saskatche wan
River.” 336 Civil Engineering Building.

CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

28 Een, llam

22 FEBRUARY 1991

: _ Industrially Contaminated Soils.”

— Ertncerng Bu Building.
- SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN srums

- manager, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
Village, “Living History as an Instru-
_ ment to annes in an Open Air

7 March, 11 am :

Lee Bale, head of craft and design,
School of Craft and Design, Sheridan
College, “Clothing the Wild Beast.”
131 Home Economics Building.

GEOLOGY

28 February, 11 am

Arne Bjorlykke, Department of
Geology, University of Oslo, Norway,
“Early Proterozoic Orogenic Evolution
of the Northern Part of the Baltic
Shield and Associated Gold-copper
Deposits.” 104 Earth Sciences
Building.

LIMNOLOGY AND FISHERIES
DISCUSSION GROUP

28 February, 12:30 pm

John Smol, Queen’s University,
“Paleolimnological Assessments of
Lake Acidification.” M-149 Biological

Sciences Centre.

7 March, 12:30 pm

Dale Vitt, “Temporal and Spatial
Patterns of Water Chemistry in Boreal
Wetlands, ] M19 Biological Sciences
Centre.

‘SOIL SCIENCE
28 Febraaty, 1 12: 30, pm
Steve Hrudey, “Remediation of —

2-36 Earth Sciences Building.
7 March, 12:30 pm

Robert Grant, ee ae :
— ‘Effects Upon Photosynthesis of
‘Transpiration and Coe of Field.
. 23

oo eG “Enzymatic

/28 February, 3:30pm
Irene Jendzjowsky. y facility

Museum” (presented in eh
‘141 Arts Building.

farch, 2 30. pm
n Lysak-Martynkiw, pcaiet

: “historian (intern), University of Cal-
_ gary/Alberta Culture and Multicul- .
~ turalism, “Bukovynian Women’s

Clothing Among the Settlers of East
Central Alberta, 1890-1930" (presented

_ in Ukrainian). 141 Arts Building.

_ MUSIC

28 February, 3: 30 pm

Jacobus Kloppers, The King’s
College, “Bach: Artist or Saint? The
Dualistic Controversy Regarding
Bach’s Creative Process.” 2-32 Fine
Arts Building.

6 March, noon

Helmut Brauss, “The Sustaining
Pedal: Artistic Tool or Cover-up?”
1-29 Fine Arts Building.

BOTANY

28 February, 4 pm

John P Smol, Department of
Biology, Queen’s University, “Assess-
ment of Climatic Trends Using Paleo-
limnological Techniques: Speculations
on High Arctic Ecosystems and Saline
and Maritime Lakes.” M-149 Biologi-
cal Sciences Centre.

ENTOMOLOGY
28 February, 4 pm - :
Dean Mulyk, “Saldula pallipe?

Composites.” Alberta Research Council — -
Auditorium, 250 Karl Clark Road,

LINGUISTICS

28 February, 5 pm

Russell Tomlin, University of
Oregon, “Cognitive Processes and
Functional Grammar: Focal Attention,
Voice, and Word Order in Discourse
Production.” 2-3 Mechanical Engineering
Building.

7 March, 5 pm

Geoffrey Huck, University of
Chicago Press, “On the Status of Certain
Island Violations in Korean.” 2-3
Mechanical Engineering Building.

ZOOLOGY

27 February, 3:30 pm

John Smol, Queen’s University,
“Assessing Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Using Paleolimnological Techniques.”
M-149 Biological Sciences Building.

1 March, 3:30 pm

Ron Podesta, Department of Zoology.
University of Western Ontario, “Human
Blood Flukes (Schistosomiasis): A Case
for Fundamental Enquiry Prior to
Vaccines.” M- 149 Biological Sciences
Centre.

ROMANCE LANGUAGES

iMarch4pmn

Enzo De Nardo, professor a Ttalian,
University of California at Davis,
“Machiavelli's Lesson and the Moraliza-_

- tion of Politics.” Senate Chamber, Arts”

Building.

‘FAMILY STUDIES

4 March, 10:30 am
_ Z Anne Harvey-Jensen, research:

- officer, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Commission, “Research at AADAC: The

Experience of a Family Studies | Gradu- .

ate.” 3-57 Assiniboia cee

GERMANIC LANGUAGES

4 March, 3:30pm _— . .
_ Fritz Konig, Department of Modern :
Languages, University of Northern Towa,

ep “Die Wiedervereinigung und ihre
__ Implikationen fiir die deutsche Liter-atur a
_ (in German). Senate =— Arts
Building = -

4 March, 7:30) on .
Fritz Konig, “Scandinavian Neb S

Pie Winners” (in English). 141 Arts
_ Building.

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING —
5 March, 1:30 pm
James Bolton, “Advanced Bio-Fibre :

Edmonton. (450-5393 f for information).

- sociotocy

6 March, 9 am to 3 pm

1991 Warren Kalbach Population
Conference, “Population and Health
Issues.” TBW-2 Tory Building. -

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

7 March, 3:30 pm

Sandro Cordeshi, “The Ludicrous as
a Literary ‘Genre’ and its Social Implica-
tions.” Senate Chamber, Arts Building.

INTERDISCIPLINARY MATERIAL
CULTURE LECTURE SERIES

7 March, 7:30 pm

Catherine Bell, “Protection of
Aboriginal Material Culture: Heritage,
Conservation and Legislation.” 2 {1
Humanities Centre. _

FACULTE SAINT-JEAN
7 March, 7:30 pm
Jean A Laponce, Department of

- Political Science, University of British

Columbia, “Pour survivre, une langue
doit-elle avoir son propre territoire?”
150 Faculté Saint-Jean.

RTS

EXHIBITIONS

BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Until 1 March
“The Art of the Bookplate in
Ukraine, 1960-1991.” Information:
492-5998. Foyer, Rutherford South.

MCMULLEN GALLERY

Until 29 March

“Facets of Italy.” Gallery hours:
Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm;
Saturday and Sunday, | to 4 pm.
Information: 492-8428, 492-4211.
Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences
Centre.

MUSIC

24 February, 3 pm

Second Edmonton Youth Orches-
tra. Program to include Mozart, Faure,
and Bizet. Information: 436-7932.
Admission: $3/adults; $2/student and
seniors. Convocation Hall.

27 February, 3 pm

A demonstration of interactive
software and a presentation on
electroacoustic music in Canada by
two performers from Montreal.
Convocation Hall.

28 February, 8 pm

Faculty Recital—Richard
Troeger, harpsichordist/clavichordist.
Convocation Hall.

EDMONTON CHAMBER
MUSIC SOCIETY

24 February, 3 pm

“Guarneri String Quartet.”
Tickets: 433-4532 or 492-5124. Myer
Horowitz Theatre.

FILMS

GERMANIC LANGUAGES

26 February, 7:15 pm

“Der Flieger” (1986), in colour,
German with English subtitles.
141 Arts Building.

Not enough known
about ecology of
forest fragments

ae around the world are being
fragmented as economic and popula-
tion pressures cut into them in vari-
ous ways. “Unfortunately, we know
very little about the ecology of forest
fragments, either tropical or temper-
ate,” says Richard O Bierregaard,
director of a project to study the
effects of fragmentation in the Ama-
zon rain forest.

The project is a joint effort of
Brazil’s National Institute for Ama-
zonian Research and the Smithson-
ian Institution, where Dr Bierregaard
is on staff. He described the project
in a seminar at the University of
Alberta 8 February.

The work began in 1979, when
cattle ranches were being developed
in the forest north of Manaus.
Ranchers agreed to leave one-, ten-,
and one-hundred-hectare patches of
undisturbed forest within the areas
they cleared for pasture. That ena-
bled the scientists to track, from the
beginning, the effects of isolation on
the local flora and fauna.

Monitoring those effects has
been a challenging task, given the
area’s rich species diversity. For
example, there may be 300 widely-
dispersed species of trees in a space
that would contain 10 or 15 species
in a temperate forest, and leaf design
is So consistent across rain-forest
species that laboratory analysis is
necessary to distinguish among the
trees.

The team originally hoped to
determine the minimum critical size
of forest ecosystems, but no longer
expects to do so. There have been no

reserves large enough to approach
the critical number, and projections
cannot go far enough beyond the
data collected.

Tropical rain forests still are
being felled at the rate of 50 to 100
hectares per minute, depending on
the area. Yet Dr Bierregaard sees
encouraging signs. Brazil has pro-
tected the environment in its consti-
tution—the only country in the
world to have done so—and a radi-
cally outspoken environmentalist
now heads Brazil’s ministry of the
interior.

“There are a lot of indications
that environmental consciousness
is really maturing in Brazil,”
Bierregaard says. “While deforesta-
tion has a lot of momentum, they
can perhaps stop soon enough so
that there will be significant tracts
of forest left in a hundred years.”

The University of Alberta is
committed to the principle of equity in
employment. The University encour-
ages applications from aboriginal
persons, disabled persons, members of
visible minorities and women.

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with Edmonton references will answer
all queries, and send information. No
cost or obligation. Call (604) 595-3200,
Lois Dutton, Re/Max Ports West,
Victoria, BC.

GREAT BRITAIN? LONDON
APARTMENT? Country cottage?
Castle/manor apartment? Villa in
France, Italy? Hearthstone Holidays,
PO Box 8625, Station L, Edmonton,
T6C 4J4. Phone (403) 465-2874, Fax
(403) 468-5517.

RENT - Furnished house in
Petrolia, four bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths.
Available June 1991 - May 1992.
$1,000 plus utilities. References
required. Phone 437-7924 (leave
message).

SALE - 10930 87 Avenue, revenue
property, $14,400/year income. Six
bedrooms, two fridges, two kitchens,
two bathrooms, two hot water heaters
(33 gallons each in parallel). Asking
$133,900. To view, 433-8302.

TO LET IN LONDON, ENG-
LAND - Three bedroom, etc, furnished
house. Parking, garden. Six months or
longer from June 1991. Enquiries 469-
2033.

SALE - Claridge House, opposite
University, with magnificent city view.
Two bedrooms, air conditioned, pool,
underground parking. $159,000. 1-342-
0050.

SALE/RENT - Malmo bungalow.
Five bedrooms, finished basement,
double garage. Five minutes to

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February 25 - March 22

Health Sciences Bookstore

Walter C Mackenzie
Health Sciences Centre
University of Alberta

Telephone: 492-4382

OSITIONS

Positions available as of 15
February 199].

The limited number of vacancies
is a result of the current Support
Staff hiring freeze.

The salary rates for the following
positions reflect adjustments in
accordance with the terms for the
implementation of the Pay Equity
Program.

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLO-
GIST (Grade 7) (Part-time), Psychia-
try, ($1,063 - $1,332 prorated)

SENIOR ACCOUNTS CLERK
(Grade 6), Provincial Laboratory,
($1,952 - $2,433)

The following positions retain
salary rates in accordance with the
old classification system and pay
plan.

University, near schools, shopping.
$132,000. 436-3523 evenings, 492-
2423 (work).

SALE - New condominium near
University. At preselling stage, won't
last long. Only $2,000 deposit. For
information contact Max, 448-6000,
NRS Willes Real Estate.

SALE - Country living, three
acres, three minutes south of Grey
Nuns, school near, 1,900' plus 1,150"
finished basement. Excellent condi-
tion. Five bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, two
fireplaces, attached garage. $230,000.
988-5127.

SABBATICAL RENT/EX-
CHANGE - Central, four bedroom,
historic house, overlooking river
valley. $1,200/month. Wanted in
Ottawa - two/three bedroom house.
Six plus months, September 1991. Nan
(403) 429-2226 (evenings), 495-4880
(days).

SALE - Glenora, ten minutes to
University, elegant, extensively
renovated bungalow. Two bedrooms
up, one down. Sunken living room,
ceramic/marble tiling, family room,
hardwood floors, french doors.
$219,900. 451-9444.

SALE - Near University, 10944 89
Avenue. Modern upgrading, basement
suite, treed, seven rooms, three baths.
Speaks for itself, priced at $179,900.
439-7382.

ACCOMMODATIONS WANTED

WILL HOUSESIT: Responsible,
university graduate. Six months/year.
Starting April. 455-1227.

UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
AND FAMILY require house to rent,
Windsor Park area. Present rental
expires June 1991. Own four bedroom
house in Victoria, exchange consid-
ered. Dr Penn, 431-1251 (home),
492-6707 (work).

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CLERK TYPIST III (Part-time/
Trust/Term to 30 April 1991), Disabled
Student Services, ($753 - $945
prorated)

SECRETARY (Trust), Biochemis-
try, ($1,677 - $2,143)

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK
(PROGRAMMER ANALYST
TRAINEE) (Term to 31 March 1991),
Materials Management, ($1,677 -
$2,143)

SECRETARY (Trusv/Term to 31
August 1991), Foods and Nutrition,
($1,677 - $2,143)

MEDICAL STENO (Trust),
Medicine, ($1,677 - $2,143)

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLO-
GIST I (Trust), Pharmacology, ($2,143
- $2,765)

TECHNOLOGIST WII (Trust),
Genetics, ($2,143 - $3,018)

PROGRAMMER. ANALYST II
(Trust), Biochemistry, ($2,537 -
$3,297)

TECHNOLOGIST IV (Trust),
Medical Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases, ($2,889 - $3,767)

MCMASTER PROFESSOR and
family (two children under five)
needing home, close to University, 10
May - 15 August. Call (416) 627-9772.

GOODS FOR SALE

APPLE IMAGE-WRITER II, still
in original wrappings. Best offer. Pat
vonBorstel, 435-0808, Spencer Real
Estate, 437-6540 residence.

CASH PAID FOR APPLIANCES,
432-0272.

SERVICES

DONNIC WORD PROCESSING
- Since 1978, specializing in theses,
manuscripts, etc. 453-2769.

COMPUTERIZED LITERA-
TURE SEARCHING. Expert informa-
tion retrieval by experienced scientist.
All areas. Requests accepted by phone.
No red tape! Competitive rates.
Satisfaction guaranteed. JL Citation
Services, 487-8652.

DAVID RICHARDS CARPEN-
TRY. Certified journeyman NAIT.
Complete interior and exterior
residential renovations including
plumbing and electrical. References
available. 433-6369.

MARG’S WORD PERFECT 5.1
Services. Type résumés, letters,
memos, theses, manuscripts. Reason-
able rates. Phone 435-3488.

PROFESSIONAL SEAM-
STRESS, TAILORS. Specializing in
irregular sizes. Wedding and brides-
maid dresses. Suits, slacks, graduation
gowns. Assorted fabrics available.
General alterations. Made to order
only. Contact: Phil, Dr E Bowen,
469-6292.

NANNY, HOUSEKEEPER
SEEKING WORK. Must be contract.
431-0186.

PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL
EDITING of manuscripts, research
papers, theses. University references.
Telephone 433-2462.

WORD PERFECT 5.1 SPECIAL-
IST. Laserjet. Theses, manuscripts,
papers. Fast, efficient. Faye, 437-4016.

THE OFFICE - Professional word
processing, accuracy guaranteed. Fast,
convenient, affordable service. Letters,
reports, theses, résumés. 429-2027,
(Fax 425-9380).

PROFESSIONAL TYPIST -
Word processing. Specializing in
theses, dissertations, manuscripts.
Gwen, 467-0515.

DESKTOP PUBLISHING, laserjet
prints: résumés, theses, brochures,
newsletters, etc. 454-3264 after 7 pm.

AD HOC BUSINESS SERVICE-
professional word processing. Medical
and general transcription, letters,
reports, theses, résumés, manuscripts.
Accuracy guaranteed, 451-3315.
MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED: Someone interested in
car pooling to University from
Woodbend Road area. Call Ada at
492-5221 or 987-3027.

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are only 15 exclusive executive HOTEL

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Classic in design, contemporary in :
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